Richard Bryan

Richard Bryan (16 July 1937-) was Governor of Nevada from 3 January 1983 to 3 January 1989 (succeeding Robert List and preceding Bob Miller) and a US Senator from Nevada from 3 January 1989 to 3 January 2001 (succeeding Chic Hecht and preceding John Ensign).

Biography
Richard Bryan was born in Washington DC on 16 July 1937, and he became a lawyer in Clark County, Nevada in 1963, becoming the county's first public defender. He served in the State Senate from 1972 to 1978, as State Attorney General from 1979 to 1983, as Governor from 1983 to 1989, and as a US Senator from 1989 to 2001. He opposed the storage of nuclear materials at Yucca Mountain, and the plans would be delayed until President Barack Obama finally cancelled them in the late 2000s.